RM Issues with Email
Email has become a predominant means of communication for most organisations, in many cases it has replaced the fax and telephone. This raises quite specific issues about the treatment of email in the records management system. more

 

RM in the Public Sector
The collapse of central registry systems in the 1960s and 1970s followed by the retirement of staff who ‘knew’ about records held has left many organisations bereft of formal record keeping systems. more

 

Legislation & Standards
• Freedom of Information Act
• Data Protection
• ISO 15489
• MoReq
• BS 5454

What are they and how your organisation is effected. more

Records Management, Key Issues
In many instances companies faced with an information management crisis believe the first port of call is to introduce an electronic solution. In reality having information in electronic format will not solve the problem unless a proper records management structure is put in place first. more

 

  
Disaster Recovery
A major disaster such as a flood, fire or explosion can leave an organisation or business in disarray and confusion. In these circumstances business continuity is always a primary concern. more

 
Destruction of Records in the Public Sector
‘Paperless office’ is a popular term these days, but the reality is that virtually every public sector organisation in Ireland holds immense quantities of mostly paper records, often non-current and dating back decades. The destruction of redundant records is a pressing issue for government departments and public bodies, mainly because they are currently keeping so much unnecessary material in costly storage. more

 

 

  
Decentralisation, The Records Management Issues

The planned decentralisation of a number of government departments and state agencies announced in December 2003 by the then Minister for Finance, Charlie McCreevey has far reaching implications for the organisations involved. One issue that has received very little attention is records management and the effect decentralisation will have on the records created, maintained and stored by the decentralising organisations. more